Ezana De Axum is ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s - 360 AD) located north of present-day Ethiopia, Yemen, part of southern Saudi Arabia, northern Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and parts of Sudan. He used the treatment (official title) of "King of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan". Tradition states that 'Ezana succeeded her father Ella Amida (Ousanas) while still a child and her mother, Sofya served as regent.
<h2><u>Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, it has never been colonized.</u></h2><h2><u>Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, it has never been colonized.Their location, economic viability, and unity helped Ethiopia and Liberia avoid colonization. Ethiopia was officially recognized as an independent state in 1896, after decisively defeating invading Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa.</u></h2><h2 />
